You have probably come across and seen Hektad’s works while taking your stroll throughout the urban landscape of NYC or maybe in the backdrop of someone Instagram Street art moments. From these murals with incredibly vibrant in colour and message to canvas in galleries.
Hektad was raised in the Bronx, NY. Hektad started in 1981 at age of 12, hitting it hard in the Graffiti culture nonstop until 1999. The moniker, Hektad manifest as a merging of the tag HEK and the acronym TAD for ‘They Always Destroy’ which was the name of Hektad’s first teenage crew, established in 1984.
Hektad remembers the early days when the, self-taught artists dropped works across the city and nobody seemed to care and certainly nobody seemed to value their work. In 1986 Hektad graduated from the High School of Art and Design east Midtown location at 1075 Second Avenue. It was an underfunded public school that seeded the cultural life of NYC generation after generation. In Hektad’s day, graffiti writers like Tracy168, Fab Five Freddy, George Lee Quiñones, Lady Pink, and Mare139 all graced the halls and tagged the walls of HSAD.
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Street Art with Hektad | New York Live TV
More and more street artists are using the city as their canvas. So Raina Seitel catches up with Hektad, who has made his mark through his various pieces.
MAY THE LOVE BE WITH YOU - Interview with Hektad!
More and more street artists are using the city as their canvas. So Raina Seitel catches up with Hektad, who has made his mark through his various pieces.
